Adoption of the 2017 Rights, Equality and Citizenship Work Programme

01/03/2017

On 1st March 2017 the European Commission adopted the 2017 Rights, Equality and Citizenship Work Programme, thus giving green light for launching several funding initiatives, for the total budget of EUR 61.5 million.

The Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme defends the rights and freedoms that people are entitled to under EU law with a total budget of EUR 439.5 million over the period 2014-2020.

In 2017 the Commission will continue to support activities and actions developed by NGOs, grass-root organisations, universities, public authorities and other organisations in the field of:

promoting non-discrimination

combating racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance

promoting gender equality and gender mainstreaming

preventing violence against children, young people, women and other groups at risk

promoting the rights of the child

ensuring the protection of personal data in the EU

promoting EU citizenship rights

2017 calls for proposals for operating and action grants are expected to be published by the end of March 2017 on the Participant Portal

In addition, part of the funding will be used to finance studies, the monitoring of legislation, information campaigns, exchange of good practices, EU Presidency conferences etc.).